i've heard rumours about the ebay toolbar being spyware in the past. but it's convenient enough that i'm willing to take the chance. i especially like the way it notifies me 10 minutes before a watched auction ends!
the links you gave imply that the ebay toolbar is adware and will spam me with ads. i have yet to see this happen (although that's not to say that it can't or won't in the future!).
i used to have spybot search & destroy on my computer. i'm told it's a good anti-spyware program. it's SO good, in fact, that it once deleted my ebay toolbar and i wasn't able to EVER get it back on that computer!
tana
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